Besides becoming a blockbuster in India, Devdas was also received well by the western audiences. It was nominated for the BAFTA Award for best foreign language film and was also India’s submission for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

Devdas had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.

Written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1917, the story of Devdas depicts the tragic love story between a wealthy Bengali Brahmin boy Devdas and his middleclass neighbour Paro.

The story has been translated to the big screen several times with KL Saigal, Soumitra Chatterjee, Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan and Abhay Deol playing the tragic hero.